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The Journey of Zion's CampChurch History in the Fulness of Times, page 144.
The approximate
route taken by Joseph Smith and Zion's Camp from New
Portage to Missouri to aid the persecuted Saints in that
area.
The Fishing RiverCraig James Ostler, 2004
Joseph Smith left
Kirtland in May 1834 with a group of men known as Zion's
Camp to assist the persecuted Saints in Missouri. During
their 1,000-mile trek their numbers swelled to about 200
men. Here, at Fishing River, the group disbanded.
Trail Near the Fishing RiverTimothy L. Taggart, 1985
While traveling
in Zion's Camp, Joseph Smith prophesied that because some
"had been unwilling to listen to my words, but had rebelled,
God had decreed that sickness should come upon the
camp, and if they did not repent and humble themselves
before God they should die." Soon nearly 70 were
struck by cholera and 14 died. A covenant of obedience
stayed the plague (History of the Church,
2:106–7).
The Fishing RiverSteve Mortensen, 2003
As Zion's Camp settled
in for the night, a severe storm caused this shallow river
to rise "thirty feet in thirty minutes" and level at a
reported depth of about 40 feet. Unbeknownst to those in the
camp at the time, the storm protected them from an impending
attack (History of the Church, 2:103–5).
The Fishing RiverSteve Mortensen, 2003
During the storm
that protected the Saints from the mob, "very little
hail fell in our camp, but from half a mile to a mile
around, the stones or lumps of ice cut down the crops
. . . and even [cut] limbs from trees." These events
caused the mob to conclude that?"when Jehovah fights
they would rather be absent" (History of the Church,
2:104).
Prairie Near the Fishing RiverSteve Mortensen, 2003
This rolling prairie
adjacent to the Fishing River is approximately where about
200 Saints, known as Zion's Camp, stayed on land owned by
Church member James Cooper.
Zion's CampJudith A. Mehr, 1995
After attempts to
attack Zion's Camp were thwarted, a member of the mob
said of the storm, "if that was the way God fought for the
Mormons, they might as well go about their business"
(History of the Church, 2:105).
The Fishing RiverJohn Telford, 2001
Zion's Camp provided
the Church with much of its future leadership. Nine of the
first 12 Apostles participated in Zion's Camp, as did all of
the First Quorum of Seventy.
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